[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51965: About Page: Full stop is added in wrong place

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#51965: About Page: Full stop is added in wrong place
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 Reporter:  mukesh27      |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Help/About    |     Version:  5.6
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch     |     Focuses:  administration
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Comment (by SergeyBiryukov):

 Thanks for the ticket! This was previously reported in #51813.

 As noted in comment:8:ticket:51813, "WordPress 5.6 Field Guide." is a
 complete sentence, so I think the full stop is in the correct place here.

 This is consistent with some other strings in core, for example:

 * [source:branches/5.6/src/wp-admin/update-core.php?marks=1011#L1008
 "Check again" link] on WordPress Updates screen:
 {{{
 <a href="' ... '">' . __( 'Check again.' ) . '</a>'
 }}}
 * [source:branches/5.6/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-
 table.php?marks=414#L400 "Search for plugins" link] on the Plugins screen:
 {{{
 <a href=" ... '">' . __( 'Search for plugins in the WordPress Plugin
 Directory.' ) . '</a>'
 }}}

 A similar conversation was also
 [https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBWTW/p1605230518264800 on Slack
 after 5.6 beta 4]:

  yui 04:21
  `<a href="%s">Switch to automatic updates for maintenance and security
 releases only.</a>`
  is it really meant to have dot before `</a>`?
  helen 04:25
  It’s the entire line, so yes.

 That said, this appears to be not a hard and fast rule, there are some
 other arguments and considerations:
 https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/17331/should-a-full-sentence-html-
 link-include-the-period-in-the-linked-text

 Ideally, we'd like to be consistent with this in core.

 Marking this with the `ui-copy` keyword for a native English speaker to
 chime in :)

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